Each year, Environmental Advocates of New York's Board of Directors honors New Yorkers who have demonstrated exemplary service and leadership in protecting New York's environment. We invite you to join us to pay tribute to these extraordinary advocates and our work protecting the environment for more than 40 years.

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WHEN: Monday, November 8, 2010
            5:30 cocktails
            6:30 dinner

WHERE: The Yale Club
              50 Vanderbilt Ave.
              New York City

Please contact Aileen Ruddy, 212-717-9423 or via email at aruddy@eany.org, for any questions or seating requests.

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The 2010 Advocate Awards Honorees are:

Frances Beinecke, Natural Resources Defense Council: Under Frances' leadership, the organization has launched a new strategic campaign that sharply focuses NRDC's efforts on curbing global warming, moving America beyond oil, reviving the world's oceans, saving endangered wild places, and stemming the tide of toxic chemicals.  Frances has worked at NRDC for more than thirty years, serving as President since 2006 and as executive director for eight years prior to that.

Alex Matthiessen, Past President, Riverkeeper: Riverkeeper's chief executive since July, 2000, Alex has guided Riverkeeper's transformation into one of the country's most respected place-based environmental advocacy groups and an international model for river conservation and advocacy. During his tenure, Riverkeeper has instituted a full-time enforcement presence on the Hudson River, its tributaries and within the New York City Watershed, and has expanded the organization's reach from points north of Albany down to and including all of New York Harbor. 

Kevin Parker, Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management. As Global Head of Asset Management Kevin identified climate change as a global investment mega-trend in 2005 and oversaw the launch of the first US climate change mutual fund. He helped create Deutsche Bank Climate Advisors, which provides analysis and strategies on how the finance industry can drive solutions to the problem of climate change. Kevin was also the driving force behind installation of the "Climate Counter", a 70 ft by 37 ft billboard across the streets from Macy's and Madison Square Garden that keeps a real time accounting of global carbon dioxide emissions, as a way of raising public awareness.

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